Join us on Wednesday, 2/28 from 12 – 1:30PM in the Wallace Hall Commons and enjoy a delicious catered lunch while connecting with fellow Environmental Studies students and faculty! All ENVIR students are welcome and encouraged to stop by for any (or all) time during the lunch window. No need to RSVP, we hope to see you there!
UW Recycling is now accepting entries for their 2024 Trash Art contest! Submissions are due by March 22nd at 4PM, and participants can submit entries into a variety of categories. Artwork should be themed around feelings or ideas of waste and sustainability.
Are you a previous ENVIR 240 or ENVIR 280 student who couldn’t get enough of the course content? Apply to be a TA for either class for Spring quarter 2024! See the flyer above for quick details, and check out this link for a complete job description. If you think you’d be a good fit and are eager to gain experience in a supporting instructor role, apply at this link.
Come join Washington Sea Grant’s Crab Team’s annual bonanza to cut, weigh, and bag all 1000lb of mackerel to be used across the green crab monitoring network in 2024. It can get a bit messy, but there are various jobs to choose from (some less messy than others), along with good music and even better company. Grab a friend and sign up for the fun!
Volunteers are needed from 9am – 5pm on Tuesday, 2/27, Wednesday 2/28, and Thursday 2/29 at the Old Hatchery in the UW Fisheries Center (FIS) (aka the Portage Bay Building. Note: if we’re speedy, we may finish before Thursday and cancel any Thursday sign-ups (you’ll hear by 2/28), so select an earlier day if you’re eager to contribute!
If you are interested in joining us, please sign up here for a 2hr shift (or more!) by selecting 2 consecutive one-hour slots by Friday 2/23. After you sign up, we’ll email to confirm your shift date/time(s) and provide further details.
If you have any questions, please email Elyse (Crab Team Student Assistant) at aek34@uw.edu.
Thank you for considering helping at this year’s bait party!
Are you interested in gaining experience working with kids in an environmental education setting? Does living and working on the beautiful Bainbridge Island for the summer sound like a dream? Check out open positions for summer camp instructors at Islandwood, an environmental education nonprofit providing children across the Puget Sound with nature-based learning experiences.
If you’re a student who will be completing a capstone experience this summer, Islandwood has partnered with the Program on the Environment to host ENVIR 491 internships in the past and would love to do so again this summer. This would be a great opportunity to conduct an environmental education focused internship and research project, while getting paid to be a camp instructor!
Check out open positions here: https://islandwood.org/about-us-an-environmental-science-nonprofit/careers-and-culture/#current-employment-opportunities
The Program on the Environment (PoE) is launching the search for their next director, and is seeking input from the program’s campus-wide community in the process. We are hoping that you can support our search by providing feedback in one of two ways: attend a virtual open house, and/or complete this short survey.
Virtual open houses will take place on Zoom (link here). Please note these dates on your calendar and join us for either/both:
These meetings will provide our search committee with vital feedback on our community’s expectations for the role, define the key characteristics and experience of an exceptional director, and identify potential candidates. We welcome feedback from a wide group of constituents: our faculty colleagues, current PoE students and alumni, College of the Environment staff, and members of the public.
Drop-ins are welcome (no RSVP needed), and attendance for the full hour is not required.
If you are not able to join the open house, we still welcome your thoughts through the survey. If you are able to join us, you may fill out the survey before or after the open house. The survey will close on February 28, 2024 at 5 pm.
Please consider sharing your time to help PoE fill this important role that guides our distinct interdisciplinary program — and our work to empower students to address complex environmental challenges in an interconnected world.
Questions? Contact Courtney Peetz (cpeetz@uw.edu).